Burned at the stake after Balltown assault
In Columbia Mississippi on October 25 a Black man named Bill Morris who attacked Mrs. Ball at Balltown Louisiana was tied to a pine and burned alive. He admitted his crime as spectators watched. He had seized the woman, struck her, and fled with cash from a store before being captured four miles away where a posse shot him as he attempted to escape.
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Columbia, Miss
Bill Morris
John Ball
Balltown
Bal
Mega
Hoe
All
Ene
Chartel
Benton
Paco
Paco Way
Calzada Jierran
Singalon
Anne
Straight
Clarke
Munter
Henton
Manila
Ife
Stuyvesant
Hunter
Stone
Spanish Battery
Calle San Luis
Sentmien
Port Ien
Nate
Clerke
Ingre
Merebel
Hazing A Thing Of Past In Military Academy Report
Washington reports the annual Mills memorandum shows cadet discipline greatly improved at the military academy. Reforms focus on hazing suppression, abolition of official hazing, and new training methods, with no maltreatment of new cadets recorded during summer encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. I. Mills
Military Academy
Pnd
Lfe
Nist
Willed His Father in Missouri Farm Jealousy Sparks Fatal Shooting
On a southwestern Missouri farm five miles from Dunthe, 25-year-old Guy Bright shot and killed his father Alexander Bright after a quarrel. The incident occurred on a Friday near the Bright household. Autopsy and further details are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Guy Bright
Alexander Bright
Dunthe
Missouri
Phureday
Eeli
Train Wreck Near Exline Injures Dozens
A Chicago Burlington and Kansas City passenger train No. 1 derailed two miles east of Exline Missouri after 1 PM Thursday, plunging 40 feet off an embankment. The coach and cars splintered. nearly 30 passengers crowded the coach. Three likely fatally hurt and five badly injured. Injured include James Mace Unionville internal injuries, Wyman Seewright Lancaster internal injuries, John Seewright Kansas City chest and back injuries, Sophie Peterson Cedar Rapids limbs broken, George Freeland Browning back injuries, Mrs Freeland Browning internal injuries, Mail Clerk Moore Bloomfield face and head injuries. Relief from Moulton aided the injured. cause believed to be a rail turn at a torn-up section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City
Exline
James Mace
Unionville
Wyman Seewright
Lancaster
John Seewright
Kansas City
Sophie Peterson
Cedar Rapids
George Freeland
Browning
M. M. Freeland
Moore
Bloomfield
Moulton
In Touch With Brigands Over Missing Missionary
Constantinople reports missionaries from Samakov Bulgaria have finally made contact with the brigands who abducted Miss Elien M. Stone and Mme. K. 8. Tsilka. It remains unclear if ransom talks have begun as officials in Washington await confirmation. A dispatch urged the legation to press for a release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Samakov
Bulgaria
Elien M. Stone
Mme. K
Tsilka
Washington
Miss Stone
State Department
Spencer Eddy
United States Legation
Teachers Win Case in Supreme Court Decision
The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed Sangamon County circuit court in the Chicago teachers' case. The ruling effectively issues a writ of mandamus against the state board of equalization to compel it to assess the capital stock including franchises of 20 Chicago corporations with alleged fair cash value exceeding tangible property by about 245 million dollars. Corporations named include Chicago City Railway, West Chicago Street Railroad, North Chicago Street Railroad, Chicago Union Traction, People's Gas Light and Coke, Chicago Edison, Chicago Electric Transit, Chicago & Jefferson Urban Transit, Evanston Electric Railway, Cicero & Proviso Street Railway, Worth Chicago Electric Railway, North Side Electric Street Railway, Oeden Street Hallway, Chicago North Shore Street Railway, South Chicago City Hallway, Chicago West Division Railway, Chicago Tower Railway, and North Chicago City Hallway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Sangamon County
Chicago
State Board of Equalization
Chicago City Railway Company
West Chicago Street Railroad Company
North Chicago Street Railroad Company
Chicago Union Traction Company
People's Gas Light and Coke Company
Chicaxa Telesphone Company
Chicago Edison Company
Chicago Consolidated Traction Company
Chicago Electric Transit Company
Chicago & Jefferson Urban Transit Company
Evanston Electric Railway Company
Cicero & Proviso Street Railw Company
Worth Chicago Electric Railway Company
North Side Eiectric Street Railway Company
Oeden Street Hallway Company
German and British wartime trade notes in terse column
The report notes Berlin reporting five thousand boxes of potatoes shipped from Hamburg to Britain for use in Africa as part of wartime logistics. It mentions a British government purchase and a reference to a divorced or separated figure connected to a $50,000 house in a disputed alimony context, with garbled letters suggesting a scandal or legal matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Redeon
Chicago
Boyles
Mystery Murder in Manila Seema Night Scene Unfolds
In late October Manila a young trooper known as Foster lies dead, with Benton’s pistol involved. A crowded inquest reveals Benton’s past, two regiments, and a web of soldiers from San Francisco to Paco as witnesses testify. Key identification faces doubt while officers sift through testimonies seeking motive and truth.
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Ner
Tin
Benton
San Francisco
Fyoan
Ife
America
Tong-Kong
Manila mystery deepens around Benton case witness
Maj Farquhar reported their sighting of a man matching Benton’s description in Manila. Dr Frank identified a retreating soldier at Col Livent’s scene as the same suspect, noting the clean white drill uniform, white straw hat, white gloves, and a fuzzy beard, while evidence remained perplexing.
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Benton
Manila
Maj
Farquhar
Vonue Foster
Fort Averill
Hello
Dr. Frank
Long Sud
Eaid
Col. Livent
Storu
Wiseman confesses to murder near Royal Oak woods
Henry Wiseman confined in Jackson prison confessed to murdering Mrs. Fiten Huss in October 1900 near Royal Oak. He detailed the day of the crime, implicating William Finle, and declined to state a motive. Prosecutor Rockwell and officers witnessed the confession. In Monroe, Wisconsin, Daniel France and wife were killed when a tree being felled fell across a carriage injuring four others who escaped.
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Jackson
Mich
Ilenry Wiseman
Fiten Huss
Royal Oak
Rockwell
Oakland County
William Finle
Mrs. Sluss
Monroe
Wis
Daniel France
Fairview
Kan
Ccedarville
Here
Geome
Excursions and Special Train Fares This Fall
Excursion rates to Buffalo and Quebec via Michigan Central set at 1.65 for a round trip, valid six days including Oct. with service on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. Cincinnati Northern offers a Toledo trip on Sun. Nov. 3 at 1.00 for one day, returning 7 p.m. Nov. 4 option available at 1.25 for a return on the regular trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Central
Wi. Oe - Co
Buffato
Quiuen
Yolcano
Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Toledo
1Ledo
Chylatl Tome Ado Tate
Bprcial Amdt GD Tsid Gee Bene Deu
Auctions at farm near Marshall with livestock and goods
Auctioneer Col. Charles Lane offers cattle including two yoke of oxen and six cattle, pigs, and assorted farm implements at Joseph Jandel farm four miles northeast of Marshall near Cleveland schoolhouse. Sale on premises on Church Out road. Proceeds to settle estate for Convis event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biehowis
Joseph Jandel
Marshall
Gleveland
Churchi
Col
Charles Lane
Convis
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West Potot Military Academy
Thomans Mesias
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People's Church of Chicago
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Michigan Farmer
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